Directed by:
Bill ForsythScreenplay:
Bill ForsythCinematography:
Chris MengesComposer:
Mark KnopflerCast:
Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, Jenny Seagrove, John Gordon Sinclair, Alex Norton, John M. Jackson, Jonathan Watson, Sandra Voe (more)Plots(1)
A Texas oil billionaire (Burt Lancaster) attempts to buy out a remote Scottish fishing village for an oil refinery, and sends ace dealmaker Mac (Peter Riegert: Animal House, The Mask) to secure his property rights. Howeverlocal eccentric Ben Knox (Fulton Mackay, Britannia Hospital) refuses to sell his beach shack and Mac is forced to negotiate on Ben’s terms. (Umbrella Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Burt Lancaster
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
1900 (1976)
Peter Riegert
USA
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
Gypsy (1993) (TV movie)
We Bought a Zoo (2011)
Denis Lawson
UK
Best movies:
Peter Capaldi
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect 3 (1993) (TV movie)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Paddington 2 (2017)
Jenny Seagrove
Malaysia
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
The Sign of Four (1987) (TV movie)
A Woman of Substance (1984) (TV movie)
John Gordon Sinclair
UK
Best movies:
World War Z (2013)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
Alex Norton
UK
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
Les Misérables (1998)
John M. Jackson
USA
Best movies:
A Perfect World (1993)
Gifted (2017)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Jonathan Watson
UK
Best movies:
Filth (2013)
Local Hero (1983)
Let Us Prey (2014)
Sandra Voe
UK
Best movies:
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Wallander (2008) (series)
The Winter Guest (1997)
Rikki Fulton
UK
Best movies:
Local Hero (1983)
Gorky Park (1983)
Comfort and Joy (1984)
Charles Kearney
Best movies:
Breaking the Waves (1996)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Taggart (1983) (series)
Jimmy Yuill
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (1996)
Going Postal (2010) (TV movie)
Macbeth (2013) (theatrical recording)
Fulton Mackay
UK
Best movies:
Tunes of Glory (1960)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
Local Hero (1983)
Tam Dean Burn
UK
Best movies:
Longford (2006) (TV movie)
Outlaw King (2018)
Perfect Sense (2011)
Jennifer Black
Best movies:
Rebus (2000) (series)
Taggart (1983) (series)
Local Hero (1983)
Dave Anderson
Best movies:
Orphans (1998)
Rebus (2000) (series)
Restless Natives (1985)
Gyearbuor Asante
Ghana
Best movies:
Local Hero (1983)
The Dogs of War (1980)